The easy "A" your Advanced Placement (AP) English teacher promised you'd get in college writing classes may not pan out as expected. While honors and AP English programs aim to give high-achieving ...

As a longtime writer for The New Yorker, Calvin Trillin was less interested in directly explaining why what he was writing was important than in just telling a good story. Trillin offers his Brief but ...

This fall, thanks to receiving a high score on the Advanced Placement English Language and Composition exam, hundreds of thousands of incoming freshmen are going to dodge their college or university’s ...

Cleveland State University students listen to General Chemistry 1 professor Dr. Jerry Mundell during a morning lecture class in Cleveland in the Main classroom building. (John Kuntz/The Plain Dealer) ...

It’s not every day that a college freshman has an essay accepted for publication. And it’s even rarer to have an essay accepted for publication into The Norton Field Guide to Writing, a well-known and ...

Last semester, I approached my CORE 111 writing seminar class with apprehension. I had always heard how ruthless college writing courses could be. I expected unachievable grading standards, especially ...

The Lycoming College Writing Program has been developed in response to the conviction that writing skills promote intellectual growth and are a hallmark of the educated person. The program, therefore, ...

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Calvin Trillin offers a Brief but Spectacular take on some of the best lessons on writing. As a longtime writer for The New Yorker, Calvin Trillin was less interested in directly explaining why what ...

Writing at DePauw is taught across the curriculum on the assumption that skill in written communication is intimately connected with clear thinking in all subjects. We believe that writing is an ...